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Friday, May 27, 2011

Church of the Advent WWI Honor Roll

"Westbury men" returning from World War I pictured on Post Avenue near the railroad bridge. Below, the Church of the Advent's Honor Roll recognizing the members of the church who served in the Armed Forces during the first World War. Many of the names will be recognizable to readers of OLI. Click HERE for more on the Church of the Advent in Westbury.

Images from Church of the Advent: The First Fifty Years by Frederic Underwood, Ph.D.

4 comments:

Doug Floor Plan
said...

Very nice photograph & reminder of the cross-section of society who fought in that terrible war, the war in which mustard gas was introduced. Does Long Island have any World War I memorials? I always pause for a moment when I see those monuments dedicated to “The Great War” … before we knew they needed Roman numerals.

It is a handsome church. It is hard to tell from the photos, but there does seem to be a similarity with the Spring Hill stables in the roof-to-wall ratio at least (as per my question in the comments for yesterday's post. I am a great admirer of J.R. Pope's work. He designed a church and a house in Knoxville, TN, where I attended university, and a house in the Kalorama section of D.C. next door to the Woodrow Wilson house I measured as a H.A.B.S. team member in a National Trust internship. Thanks!

Off subject...I don't know if any of you are familar with Daedalus Books & Music, but currently they have a beautiful book published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art titled "Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall - An Artist's Country Estate". There are many amazing photos and many of Laurelton Hall that I never seen before, plus great descriptions of life on Long Island at the turn of the century. The book only cost 9.98 plus shipping.....a very good deal.